Gloria Naylor Quotes


"One should be able to return to the first sentence of a novel and find the resonances of the entire work."
- Gloria Naylor
(Related: Work, First)

"Spoiled. That's all it's about - can't live without this, can't live without that. You can live without anything you weren't born with, and you can make it through on even half of that."
- Gloria Naylor
"Life is accepting what is and working from that."
- Gloria Naylor
(Related: Life)

"I don't believe that life is supposed to make you feel good, or make you feel miserable either. Life is just supposed to make you feel."
- Gloria Naylor
(Related: Life)

"Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes."
- Gloria Naylor
(Related: Old)

"Not only is your story worth telling, but it can be told in words so painstakingly eloquent that it becomes a song."
- Gloria Naylor
(Related: Song, Words, Worth)